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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 8 (setup 1, season 26)
Manchester City
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Marco AMELIA1DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO62HUGO MALLO Novegil
Manuel PASQUAL3Mikel BALENZIAGA Oruesagasti
Andrea COSSÙ47Ignacio CAMACHO Barnola
Salvatore BOCCHETTI57Carlos GURPEGUI Nausia
Luca ANTONINI76David NAVARRO Pedrós
Alessandro FLORENZI7Francisco PORTILLO Soler
Giacomo BONAVENTURA78Mikel ARTETA Amatriaín
Ciro IMMOBILE69Fernando LLORENTE Torres
Giampaolo PAZZINI610Xavier Hernández Creus, XAVI
Fabio QUAGLIARELLA711JOSÉ ENRIQUE Sánchez Díaz
Manager
Francesco LODI12Pedro Mba OBIANG Avomo
Sebastian GIOVINCO13SERGIO ASENJO Andrés
Alessandro MATRI14JAIRO Samperio Bustara
Nicola SANSONE15Aritz ADÚRIZ Zubeldia
Marco STRELLER16MARIO Gaspar Pérez Martínez

Manchester City 1 Chelsea 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 45,007, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Keith STROUD 5½)
35p ImmobileScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings63 Llorente
5Corners6
10Fouls16
3Offsides9
8Shots on9
9Shots off2
17Total shots11
5Shots saved7
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: HUGO MALLO Novegil
2A mix up in the Manchester City defence enabled LLORENTE to crack the ball wide.
5SCHELOTTO headed over the bar.
9A cross from ARTETA left BALENZIAGA in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
10BONAVENTURA beat GURPEGUI and whacked the ball to PAZZINI who blasted his shot wide.
11A header by PASQUAL at the near post was comfortably collected by the Chelsea 'keeper.
18A shot from JOSÉ ENRIQUE seemed a certain goal but AMELIA managed to palm the ball away.
25PORTILLO steamed through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at AMELIA.
30PASQUAL touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
35GOAL!! Manchester City were awarded a penalty after a foul on COSSÙ, and IMMOBILE put it past the Chelsea 'keeper.
 
46IMMOBILE ran onto a wonderful ball from FLORENZI but dragged his effort wide.
48BONAVENTURA fluffed an easy chance.
49A shot from IMMOBILE was booted off the line by HUGO MALLO.
56BONAVENTURA was put clear by FLORENZI and he beat DIEGO LÓPEZ but rammed his shot over the bar.
61An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of AMELIA by JOSÉ ENRIQUE.
63LLORENTE cautioned for a bad challenge.
77BONAVENTURA made space on the right and touched the ball to PASQUAL who touched the ball wide.
78LLORENTE dummied ANTONINI but shot the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
80A right foot effort from LLORENTE was tipped over by the Manchester City 'keeper.
82An exceptional effort from IMMOBILE scraped the woodwork.
84LLORENTE's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
88A pin-point pass was collected by BONAVENTURA and his deadly shot raced narrowly over.
89The Manchester City 'keeper blocked a lovely strike from CAMACHO.